Cover Report
Business in Cobweb of Costs
Business is not an easy job anywhere in the world. But it is tougher in Bangladesh than any other country. Whatever the government says on an investment-friendly environment, the businessmen know the tough reality. Unfortunately, not only the local entrepreneurs but also many foreign investors gathered horrible experiences that they had never expected. Talk to businesspeople in any social party, you will find everyone has a story to tell. Even one does not need to have chat with a businessman or an investor directly, when finds a lead news item that Managing Director of Korean EPZ sustains serious bullet wounds and an accounts officer of Taiwanese Fu-Wang Group is shot dead in the port city the same day. In this era of cyber communications none can hide such negative impression from the prospective foreign investors. full report
Special Article
New Regulatory Environment in Energy Sector
The energy industry of Bangladesh is undergoing an exciting and challenging process of sector reform and market structure formulation. It is a complex task which involves a number of steps, but the principle ones are unbundling of integrated functional organizations (generation/supply, transmission, and distribution), regulatory oversight, introducing commercialization, private sector participation and investment where possible, and promoting competition in those parts of the energy industries that are not natural monopolies. The ultimate goal of the reform is to have more efficient gas and electricity sectors. One of the key measures that will allow achieving this goal is the development and effective implementation of a new regulatory regime in the energy sector. full report
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